Cuomo Endorses Schreibman In NY-19

Julian Schreibman’s campaign just announced that Governor Andrew Cuomo has endorsed the Democrat in his race against incumbent Republican Chris Gibson.

“As a career prosecutor, Julian Schreibman has shown time and again that he is a true public servant, committed to fighting for all New Yorkers,” said Governor Andrew Cuomo. “I’m supporting Julian because he has proven that he will fight to defend Medicare, protect the middle class, and help create jobs here in New York.”

A Siena poll out this week showed Schreibman trailing Gibson by 5 points. The DCCC has invested a lot of time and money in this race from the beginning, feeling that Gibson was vulnerable. And the challenger has consistently tried to tie Gibson to the right wing of the Republican party saying he is too extreme on both social and fiscal issues.

Gibson has fired back saying Schreibman is distorting his record. Both were on Capital Tonight this week. (Gibson) (Schreibman)

Schreibman is the 6th Democrat Cuomo has backed in House races. Last week he stumped for Dan Maffei, and incumbent Reps. Louise Slaughter, Kathy Hochul, and Tim Bishop. He has also backed Rep. Bill Owens bid for reelection.

It’s unlikely that Cuomo will do any campaigning for Schreibman considering his attention is focused heavily on the recovery from Hurricane Sandy. If he does campaign with him, it surely would had a larger impact than just releasing a press release on a Friday.